{"id":241506,"date":"2021-06-14T14:02:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T19:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=241506"},"modified":"2023-01-30T08:35:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T07:35:01","slug":"iran-election-2021-state-media-acknowledge-mek-role-in-leading-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-election-2021-state-media-acknowledge-mek-role-in-leading-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Election 2021: State Media Acknowledge MEK&#8217;s Role in Leading Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_241462\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-241462\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"election3\" class=\"size-full wp-image-241462\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/election3.jpg\" alt=\"election3\" width=\"1000\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/election3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/election3-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/election3-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/election3-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/election3-696x390.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-241462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isfahan and Hamedan &#8211; Activities of the Resistance Units and supporters of the MEK, calling for the boycott of the regime\u2019s sham presidential election -\u201cThe nation has not forgotten that Raisi, is the henchman of the 1988 massacre\u201d\u2013 Second week of June 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Iranian regime will hold its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/2021-iran-presidential-election-iran-regime-sham-election-ncr-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">sham presidential election<\/a> on June 18. Meanwhile, more Iranians are joining the campaign led by the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) to boycott the mullahs\u2019 farce election. The situation has reached a point that even the so-called candidates and the state-run media acknowledge that there will be low voter turnout.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Since April, the Iranian opposition, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>, and its Resistance Units inside Iran have popularized the call for boycotting the regime\u2019s election. In recent years, more Iranians, particularly youths, have been joining the ranks of the MEK Resistance Units and supporting the MEK ideals for a free Iran.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In recent days, Iran\u2019s state-run media have acknowledged the MEK\u2019s popularity in society. They also have underlined the regime\u2019s failure in demonizing the MEK using\u00a0their agents as former\u00a0MEK\u00a0members to repeat\u00a0the\u00a0regime\u2019s narratives\u00a0against\u00a0the MEK.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On Saturday, the state-run Students News Network (SSN), an outlet linked to the Supreme Leader\u2019s faction, underlined how Iranian youth are joining the \u201cMEK\u2019s dangerous organization. It is not clear whether we can stop this trend with thousands of actions.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">SSN acknowledged that \u201cNot by using the State Security Forces, neither by spreading awareness through the State TV about the MEK and its mixed ideology, not even with the Ministry of Intelligence and Security [MOIS] efforts abroad to use the MEK defectors to feed the media and cyberspace about the nature of the MEK,\u201d the regime has\u00a0not\u00a0been able to prevent people from joining the MEK.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cDuring the last eight years, by distancing itself from the values of the system and Imam [Khomeini], the government widened the gap between the young generation and the [regime], turning the society into a hunting ground for the MEK. The sworn enemy of the system has shown from the beginning of the revolution that it has no mercy on the regime, the founder of the revolution, the supreme leader, the Revolutionary Guards, the\u00a0Basij, and any faction in the system\u2019s structure system. This is the same enemy who unanimously and stubbornly says is not satisfied with less than the overthrow of the system,\u201d SSN adds.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Iranian Resistance is proud of saying no to the Iranian regime and its reactionary version of Islam since the 1979 revolution. The MEK has paid a heavy price opposing the regime\u2019s destructive domestic and international policies.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Therefore, as the SSN acknowledged, more Iranians yearning for freedom are joining the MEK.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThis opportunist enemy is recruiting youth on large scales. If the [government] had paid attention to these youths and were not frustrated, if the economic cycle was based on the domestic capabilities, we were not witnessing groups of two to three-person of the youth operating under the MEK\u2019s command. The efforts of the security agencies around the clock and even the large number of arrests have not been able to stop the spread of the MEK\u2019s activities. This the most dangerous issue,\u201d SSN acknowledged.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In May alone, the MEK Resistance Units carried out their activities in over 310 areas across Iran, popularizing the call to boycott the regime\u2019s election. This campaign began in April 2021, following the Iranian Resistance\u2019s call to boycott the regime\u2019s farce elections. In April, the MEK Resistance Units carried out anti-regime activities in over 250 places in 27 provinces across Iran.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Due to the MEK\u2019s popularity and the society\u2019s restiveness, the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has decided to pull Ebrahim Raisi out of the ballot box to face the mullahs\u2019 \u201csworn enemy\u201d and the explosive society. Raisi has played a major role in the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners, mainly the MEK members.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But increasing oppression will further add to people\u2019s enthusiasm to join the MEK\u2019s call for a free and democratic Iran, which has terrified the regime.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Iranian regime will hold its sham presidential election on June 18. 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